Job Title: Lunch time assistant
Salary: £9,165.00 per annum
Contract Type: Part Time - 15 hours per week (Term time hours will be considered)
Location: 13 Nine Mile Ride Finchampstead, Wokingham RG40 4QD
Are you looking to gain experience working with young children in a fun and nurturing environment? We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable individual to join our team as an Unqualified Nursery Lunch Cover.
This is a perfect opportunity for someone interested in starting a career in childcare or who enjoys working with children but does not yet hold a formal qualification.
About us:
We are a small, homely setting who have a passion for environments and nature, situated in a quiet leafy area of Finchampstead. We have been awarded our Eco schools Green Flag award and all of our older rooms have free flow access to the gardens throughout the day. We have Mini Nature Artist classes every other week within preschool which combines our love for nature with art and helps to develop our Oak Tree Oasis which is a little garden at the front of the nursery where we plan to grow our own plants to make natural inks to create artwork with.
The nursery is a beautiful setting with 4 children’s rooms spread across 2 floors of the building. our high-quality friendly team are dedicated to our individual curriculum focusing on being eco-conscious and supporting the local community; being curious, exploring individuals; and learning in awe and wonder being celebrated by the staff. Our nursery is open from 7.30am - 18:30pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times.
Staffs strenghts and achievements are celebrated in various ways and are given opportunities to develop skills or take on additional roles to support the staffs development and progression. We hold regular staff welfare events such as kindenes week where they celebrate each other through various acts of kindness.
Oaktree Day Nursery, part of the Family First Nursery Group, offers the highest quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Based in Finchampstead, we want to ensure that our family first spirit and curriculum positively impacts as many families as possible. Always putting our families first, the safety and wellbeing of all our children, staff and parents is our number one priority.
Visit our nursery website for further information:Oak Tree Day Nursery and Preschool | Orchard House Nurseries
Main responsibilities as Nursery Lunch Time Assistant include:
* Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
* Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met
* Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery, and promote these daily in every routine
* Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff and families
* Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures
Requirements and Skills for Nursery Lunch Time Assistant:
* Full and Relevant Level 2/Level 3 Childcare Qualification - desirable
* Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
* Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable
* Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable
If you are looking for a role where you can make a difference in children’s lives, please Apply!
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Oak Tree Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.
Vacancy Reference: RG40 4QD
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